The BYU Computer Science Department is pleased to welcome its newest faculty member, Jay McCarthy. more

Heath Nielson received his bachelors and masters degrees from the Computer Science Department at BYU, studying computer graphics and image processing under Dr. William A. Barrett. He is now a software engineer for the LDS Church's FamilySearch program. He is the developer of a new digitizing process, which makes it possible for FamilySearch technicians to digitize the Church's 2.4 million genealogical records in 8-10 years, a process which was originally estimated to take over a century to complete. more

Dr. Tom Sederberg, professor in the BYU Computer Science Department and Associate Dean in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences has been awarded the prestigious 2008 John Gregory Memorial Award in Geometric Design. more

His advisor is Dr. Daniel Zappala more

After serving as chair of the Computer Science Department for nine years, Dr. Tony Martinez is stepping down to pursue other duties in the department and his research in the department's Neural Networks and Machine Learning Laboratory. In a faculty meeting with the Dean and Assistant Deans from the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Dr. Parris Egbert was named the new department chair, effective June 1, 2008. more

Dr. Sean Warnick, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Brigham Young University, was selected as the 2008 Distinguished Visiting Professor (DVP) by the National Security Agency (NSA) this week. The position, administered by the NSA Enterprise Operations Research, Modeling, and Simulation (OR/M&S) Group, is highly competitive and is offered to a professor with a distinguished record in both decision science applications and student mentoring. more

Each year, the Computer Science Department hosts the Family History Technology Conference, a venue designed to bring computer scientists and genealogists together to discuss emergent technology aimed at aiding the family history. This year’s conference brought together experts in each field from around the world—participants arrived in Provo from as far away as Sweden and the United Kingdom. Mitchell Harris, a sophomore in computer science, made a splash this year with his presenation on a simple, yet novel, way of conducting family history research. more

Nathaniel Price of Oregon City, Oregon has worked as the Computer Science Department's student webmaster for the past three years.  In recognition of his skilled service and dedication, the University has named him BYU's Student Employee of the Year. more

Robbie Haertel and James Carroll, two PhD candidates in the Computer Science Department presented their research at a conference in Prague.  Their research on a Bayesian model for the annotation of ancient texts may help scholars unlock mysteries of the early Christian church.   more

Sam Weyerman, a Ph.D. student, and Russell Howes, an undergraduate student, recently attended and presented at the 46^th Annual IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Sam and Russ are both currently members of IDeA Labs here at BYU.  The conference, sponsored by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.), SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics), and INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), was held in New Orleans, LA from 12-14 December 2007. more